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Sailors man the phone-and-distance line during a replenishment at sea on the USS Mobile Bay during Rim of the Pacific 2016, an exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 1, 2016. The maritime exercise helps participants sustain cooperative relationships critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder

Phone Line

Sailors man the phone-and-distance line during a replenishment at sea on the USS Mobile Bay during Rim of the Pacific 2016, an exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 1, 2016. The maritime exercise helps participants sustain cooperative relationships critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder

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